Japan

______________ was the most important thing in a samurai's life

• honor
• land

Beginning in the 1192, the __________ ruled japan for about 700 years.

• daimyo
• shogun

___________- became a popular religion among Japan's nobles

• Confucianism
• Buddhism

Most early Japanese prose were written by ____.

• monks
• women

For many years, __________ was the official language of Japan's government.

• Ainu
• Chinese

About ___ percent of Japan consists of flat land.

• 80
• 20

The Samurai

• tried to become very wealthy
• were loyal to the nobles
• protected their families
• were unwilling to die in battle

What is calligraphy?

• art of folding paper
• art of landscaping
• art of writing beautifully
• art of meditation

People of the Shinto believe

• in one god
• everything in nature has a spirit
• in Buddhism
• following a vegetarian lifestyle

Which of the following is a characteristic of Pure Land Buddhism?

• elaborate tea ceremony
• daily communal rituals
• raked gravel gardens
• chanting Buddha's name